Month: July 2017

Before I left I was curious to see how it would be traveling alone.  I really enjoy my own company, but sometimes when I find myself experiencing something spectacular it’s that much more fun to share it.  Being able to

As my list of places I’d been began to outnumber the places I was going, people started to ask me what my favorite was.  After spending five years ruminating on where I dreamed to go the most, I picked well–

I woke up at 3:30am to catch the 4am shuttle to the Dublin airport for my 6am flight back to Scotland (I didn’t believe that people pronounced it like Pittsburgh until I heard it in Europe).  I arrived in Edinburgh,

For my last day in Ireland, I decided I needed an official full Irish breakfast, you know, to compare the similar breakfasts they do in England and Scotland.  I went to the Stage door cafe Which had nice ambiance And

Saturday morning I got a message from Carly.  She wanted to see St. Patrick’s Cathedral and then ditch the tour to come hang out with me (I had shared my tempting plans with her).  On my way to St. Patrick’s

I was feeling very social as I arrived in Dublin.  I had spent the morning with Carly and Ben, I had plans to meet up with my friend Meredith from Fort Bragg (who I met in the Galway hostel) that

I had a little group back in Colorado.  Emily, my best friend since college, and her husband, Josh, befriended one of Emily’s coworkers, Ben and his wife, Carly.  One Halloween I met Ben and Carly.  Carly and I bonded over

Going to the Aran Islands wasn’t something I’d thought about for years. When looking at tour options in Galway, I vaguely recalled people saying I should go there.  When I booked the tour, the girl asked if I wanted to

Here we are at what my tour guide called the main event.  The story begins over 11 years ago when I first moved to Colorado.  My friend and I were shopping on Pearl Street in Boulder when I came across

On the way to the next stop, we drove by a castle that has been converted into a hotel.  The presidential suite is one of the most expensive (might be the most expensive) hotel room in Ireland.  It’s where famous